ABO Blood Type and Urinary Bladder Cancer: Phenotype, Genotype, Allelic Association with a Clinical or Histological Stage and Recurrence Rate

Abstract

Background Previous research on connection between the ABO blood group and bladder cancer has been based on determining the ABO phenotype. This specific research is extended to the molecular level, providing more information about particular ABO alleles.

Keywords

• ABO blood groups
• urinary bladder cancer
• ABO phenotype
• ABO genotype
• ABO allele
• case–control study